Fahim Farook
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874I'm currently working on my second novel which is complete, but is in the edit stage. I wrote my first novel over 20 years ago but then didn't write much till now.
I post about #Coding, #Flutter, #Writing, #Movies and #TV. I'll also talk about #Technology, #Gadgets, #MachineLearning, #DeepLearning and a few other things as the fancy strikes ...
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It's interesting how posting/editing on the various platforms varies due to text length for a single post ..
On Bluesky, I have to really pare it down to fit within the 300-char limit. On Threads, I can expand upon the thought a bit more since posts can be a bit longer, and on Fedi, (where I can have 8k char posts), I can go to town ... 😛
But are my posts here better for it?
I don’t know. I just write here and don’t worry about whether I’m repeating myself, or if my thoughts can be expressed better.
But especially on Bluesky, I find myself looking at each sentence and figuring out what can be cut and how things can be made shorter and yet retain the essence of the thought.
Does that make me a better editor/writer? Maybe?
#Thoughts #PostingOnSocialMedia #Writing #Editing
On Bluesky, I have to really pare it down to fit within the 300-char limit. On Threads, I can expand upon the thought a bit more since posts can be a bit longer, and on Fedi, (where I can have 8k char posts), I can go to town ... 😛
But are my posts here better for it?
I don’t know. I just write here and don’t worry about whether I’m repeating myself, or if my thoughts can be expressed better.
But especially on Bluesky, I find myself looking at each sentence and figuring out what can be cut and how things can be made shorter and yet retain the essence of the thought.
Does that make me a better editor/writer? Maybe?
#Thoughts #PostingOnSocialMedia #Writing #Editing
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I used to use the #AIArt hashtag for the art I post on social media that was machine generated. But no longer ...
The current systems are not intelligent — they are just statistical predictive systems.
I now use the hashtag #GenerativeArt for my machine learning generated art. I think that might be a better description? I don't know that for sure, but it certainly feels better than continuing to use the #AIArt tag 😛
The current systems are not intelligent — they are just statistical predictive systems.
I now use the hashtag #GenerativeArt for my machine learning generated art. I think that might be a better description? I don't know that for sure, but it certainly feels better than continuing to use the #AIArt tag 😛
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It's an interesting thing about Tamil — Indians (or at least some Indians) say that Sri Lankan Tamils speak the same language as us and so they are our brothers/sisters.
And yet, when they show Sri Lankan Tamils in Tamil/Indian movies, they always speak a variant of Tamil that sets them apart. Even weirder still, the Tamil they speak sounds weird to me since I’ve never heard that kind of Tamil from any of the Sri Lankan Tamil people I’ve talked to/associated with 😛
So why use this weird Tamil? Is that shorthand for “they are different than us”? And if yes, isn’t that lazy? And also possibly breaks the whole “they are our brethren” sentiment?
I don’t know … People are strange … And of course, movies are stranger still 😀
#Movies #Tamil #India #SriLanka
And yet, when they show Sri Lankan Tamils in Tamil/Indian movies, they always speak a variant of Tamil that sets them apart. Even weirder still, the Tamil they speak sounds weird to me since I’ve never heard that kind of Tamil from any of the Sri Lankan Tamil people I’ve talked to/associated with 😛
So why use this weird Tamil? Is that shorthand for “they are different than us”? And if yes, isn’t that lazy? And also possibly breaks the whole “they are our brethren” sentiment?
I don’t know … People are strange … And of course, movies are stranger still 😀
#Movies #Tamil #India #SriLanka
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*Ring* It's the telephone.
“Hello?” I say tentatively.
“We are calling from your bank. We are updating the security on all our debit cards. We need to verify some information.”
Alarm bells are going off all over in my head already.
“You called me. I don’t know who you are.” I say.
“Oh, we are sending you an SMS from Abu Dhabi police. That should verify us,” they say breezily.
"Why is the Abu Dhabi police sending messages for a bank?” I wonder. But the other person is rattling off stuff and not giving me time to think. I check the phone and sure enough, there’s an SMS from “ADPolice” (“That can be anyone, or even spoofed,” my mind counters …)
I decided to play along for a little while longer and see what happened.
“OK, I got the SMS,” I say.
“See? That verifies that I am who I said, I am,” the guy says enthusiastically. “Can you verify your card number? The first digits are … “ He reads out the first few digits, which I knew would be common and well-known.
So I should probably have hung up at this point. Or, better still in hindsight, given a fake set of numbers for the card to see if they accepted it. If they accepted the fake number, then they can’t be from the bank, right?
I didn’t think of that though. But I figured they already had my card number and so gave them the number. Then they ask for the expiration date and I provide that too.
“Thank you. I’m transferring you over to my supervisor now,” he says.
Another guy, more brusque and officious sounding comes on.
“We are upgrading the card security since you might have used the card at a mall or online,” he says. This makes no sense at all to me. Everybody uses cards online etc. Do they upgrade security each time.
“OK.” I say.
“Can you read me the number on the back of your card for verification purposes?” he asks.
I know that this is as far as I can go. I say, “No.”
He says, “Why not?”
“You might be a scammer. I get lots of fake calls”.
“Yes, there are fake calls, but this is real,” he counters. “I’ll send you an SMS from the government to prove it,” he continues.
I get an SMS from a government site asking me to verify a transaction for 1 AED. This is not a verification, just somebody trying to get me to pay them 1 AED. Again, not very bank-like.
I ask further questions, but the guy starts getting loud and obnoxious, repeating the same things he’d said before.
“Don’t yell at me!” I say. He gets quieter, but still demands information, saying that the bank has all my info and that they just need to verify it. I realize that this is not going any further and hang up.
They call again 6 - 7 times. I know a bank would never do that. They’d simply move on to the next customer, not that calling each customer individually to verify is what they’d do in a situation like this anyway …
So, the moral of the story, don’t give away any info at all. And provide fake info if you suspect it’s a fake/fraud call. If they don’t recognize that the info is fake, then they aren’t who they say they are …
#UAE #Scammers #FakeCalls #CreditCardPhishing #Fraudsters
“Hello?” I say tentatively.
“We are calling from your bank. We are updating the security on all our debit cards. We need to verify some information.”
Alarm bells are going off all over in my head already.
“You called me. I don’t know who you are.” I say.
“Oh, we are sending you an SMS from Abu Dhabi police. That should verify us,” they say breezily.
"Why is the Abu Dhabi police sending messages for a bank?” I wonder. But the other person is rattling off stuff and not giving me time to think. I check the phone and sure enough, there’s an SMS from “ADPolice” (“That can be anyone, or even spoofed,” my mind counters …)
I decided to play along for a little while longer and see what happened.
“OK, I got the SMS,” I say.
“See? That verifies that I am who I said, I am,” the guy says enthusiastically. “Can you verify your card number? The first digits are … “ He reads out the first few digits, which I knew would be common and well-known.
So I should probably have hung up at this point. Or, better still in hindsight, given a fake set of numbers for the card to see if they accepted it. If they accepted the fake number, then they can’t be from the bank, right?
I didn’t think of that though. But I figured they already had my card number and so gave them the number. Then they ask for the expiration date and I provide that too.
“Thank you. I’m transferring you over to my supervisor now,” he says.
Another guy, more brusque and officious sounding comes on.
“We are upgrading the card security since you might have used the card at a mall or online,” he says. This makes no sense at all to me. Everybody uses cards online etc. Do they upgrade security each time.
“OK.” I say.
“Can you read me the number on the back of your card for verification purposes?” he asks.
I know that this is as far as I can go. I say, “No.”
He says, “Why not?”
“You might be a scammer. I get lots of fake calls”.
“Yes, there are fake calls, but this is real,” he counters. “I’ll send you an SMS from the government to prove it,” he continues.
I get an SMS from a government site asking me to verify a transaction for 1 AED. This is not a verification, just somebody trying to get me to pay them 1 AED. Again, not very bank-like.
I ask further questions, but the guy starts getting loud and obnoxious, repeating the same things he’d said before.
“Don’t yell at me!” I say. He gets quieter, but still demands information, saying that the bank has all my info and that they just need to verify it. I realize that this is not going any further and hang up.
They call again 6 - 7 times. I know a bank would never do that. They’d simply move on to the next customer, not that calling each customer individually to verify is what they’d do in a situation like this anyway …
So, the moral of the story, don’t give away any info at all. And provide fake info if you suspect it’s a fake/fraud call. If they don’t recognize that the info is fake, then they aren’t who they say they are …
#UAE #Scammers #FakeCalls #CreditCardPhishing #Fraudsters
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He: “What's this second base and third base?”
She: “Ask one of your friends …”
He: “My father won’t know these things …”
“Satyaprem Ki Katha” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14914988)
#HindiMovieMoments #Bollywood #Hindi #WhatDoYouSay
She: “Ask one of your friends …”
He: “My father won’t know these things …”
“Satyaprem Ki Katha” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14914988)
#HindiMovieMoments #Bollywood #Hindi #WhatDoYouSay
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If you or someone you know a) is non-white b) has a blog about Rust, Python, web tech, Linux, systems programming, tech and society, or other, related topics that c) can be subscribed to via RSS, please reply and I will check it out and boost it!
Those are the only requirements. If you don't feel like you're an "expert", have only written one blog post, haven't posted in a year, etc please still let me know and I will check it out. Everyone's voice is valuable.
Thank you 💜 Boosts are appreciated!
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I've been trying out ComfyUI and trying different image workflows, but haven’t been happy with the output till now … I finally have a workflow which produces images that I’m happy with 🙂
So here are my images for the day for the prompt: “rabbit astronauts on a arboreal world, colorful, highly detailed, cinematic, artstation”
Of course, dragging any of the images onto the ComfyUI interface should load the prompt and settings for you — provided the server is not stripping anything off of the images …
#StableDiffusion #GeneratedArt #ComfyUI
So here are my images for the day for the prompt: “rabbit astronauts on a arboreal world, colorful, highly detailed, cinematic, artstation”
Of course, dragging any of the images onto the ComfyUI interface should load the prompt and settings for you — provided the server is not stripping anything off of the images …
#StableDiffusion #GeneratedArt #ComfyUI
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Started watching “Chatrapathi” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13545522) since I’d heard a few comments that the main actor did a great job in the movie …
But then one of the first scenes was somebody saying how much they loved someone and then a few scenes later believing a lie about the person they professed to love, without any proof, and without any investigation. How deep was their love/trust if they are so easily swayed?
That basically coloured my view of the movie from that point on … I haven’t gotten a lot further, but I can already tell that this is not a movie that’s going to be crafted in a way that I’ll actually like it 😛
#Movies #Hindi #Bollywood
But then one of the first scenes was somebody saying how much they loved someone and then a few scenes later believing a lie about the person they professed to love, without any proof, and without any investigation. How deep was their love/trust if they are so easily swayed?
That basically coloured my view of the movie from that point on … I haven’t gotten a lot further, but I can already tell that this is not a movie that’s going to be crafted in a way that I’ll actually like it 😛
#Movies #Hindi #Bollywood
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Watched "Jailer" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11663228) and while it has the usual Rajnikanth style, though at a slightly more muted level given his advancing age, it was overall not a movie that probably would not appeal to anybody other than die-hard Rajni fans since it really doesn’t make a lot of sense 😛
The first half of the movie might have kind of worked, given some suspension-of-disbelief, since it was a fairly straightforward story which (kind of worked). But the latter half had a heist segment which didn’t make a lot of sense nor was warranted since the application of a smidgen of logic at the end of the first half would have prevented that storyline altogether 🙂
Overall though, it was good to see Rajni in action (and Mohanlal too) and I think I’ll leave it at that …
#Movies #Tamil #Kollywood #Rajnikanth #Mohanlal
The first half of the movie might have kind of worked, given some suspension-of-disbelief, since it was a fairly straightforward story which (kind of worked). But the latter half had a heist segment which didn’t make a lot of sense nor was warranted since the application of a smidgen of logic at the end of the first half would have prevented that storyline altogether 🙂
Overall though, it was good to see Rajni in action (and Mohanlal too) and I think I’ll leave it at that …
#Movies #Tamil #Kollywood #Rajnikanth #Mohanlal
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Oh, found one app which (possibly) does not work with the Sonoma betas — Defult Folder X.
The current version of Default Folder X does not work with Sonoma. It might be that this is simply a permissions issue and once you grant the necessary permissions (I believe Accessibility and Full Disk Access) it works correctly, but it used to work fine in Ventura but would not work on Sonoma.
However, there’s a new beta for Default Folder X which does work correctly with Sonoma. If interested, you can get it here:
https://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/beta.html
#SonomaBeta #macOS #DefaultFolderX #NotWorking #SonomaUnsupported
The current version of Default Folder X does not work with Sonoma. It might be that this is simply a permissions issue and once you grant the necessary permissions (I believe Accessibility and Full Disk Access) it works correctly, but it used to work fine in Ventura but would not work on Sonoma.
However, there’s a new beta for Default Folder X which does work correctly with Sonoma. If interested, you can get it here:
https://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/beta.html
#SonomaBeta #macOS #DefaultFolderX #NotWorking #SonomaUnsupported
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I decided to upgrade (well, OK, switch) to Sonoma Beta 6 yesterday since I really wanted some of the CoreML enhancements for #MachineLearning (especially #StableDiffusion model loading) that Sonoma brings along …
The switchover itself was fairly uneventful and I like some of the changes and hate a few others 😛 Overall, it works (mostly) OK and I have not run into any issues with any of my existing apps.
But then today, I ran into not one but two issues with my custom apps 😀
One turned out to be something that I could fix quickly with a code change but I haven’t been able to figure out the other one still. And both of these apps were working fine with no crashes till now …
Ah, well, the joys of living on the crashing edge 😛
#SonomaBeta #Apple #macOS #Swift #Coding
The switchover itself was fairly uneventful and I like some of the changes and hate a few others 😛 Overall, it works (mostly) OK and I have not run into any issues with any of my existing apps.
But then today, I ran into not one but two issues with my custom apps 😀
One turned out to be something that I could fix quickly with a code change but I haven’t been able to figure out the other one still. And both of these apps were working fine with no crashes till now …
Ah, well, the joys of living on the crashing edge 😛
#SonomaBeta #Apple #macOS #Swift #Coding
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According to this Telugu movie I'm watching at the moment, “Parkinson’s is a disease that affects only rich people”.
Hah! The things you learn (and I say this very loosely) from movies 🙂
#MovieWisdom #MovieFacts #Surreal #WhereDidTheyLearnThat
Hah! The things you learn (and I say this very loosely) from movies 🙂
#MovieWisdom #MovieFacts #Surreal #WhereDidTheyLearnThat
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I have at least 3 - 4 subtitle editors installed on my machine. Each one of them does one particular bit well, but falls down on others …
For example, one will take a subtitle file which does not quite match the movie and re-arrange the subtitles by rearranging the time to somewhat match the movie. But if there’s an unexpected addition to the video (a left over ad for example) all the subtitle would be quite off. It doesn’t have an option to let me fix things block by block easily nor add missing subtitles to the file.
Another lets me add missing subtitles or edit subtitles easily, but often gets the timecode and/or subtitle number wrong and doesn’t let me modify easily.
In fact, some of the above editors mess up the original subtitle file so much, that it’s hard to use the subtitles afterwards at all 😛
I finally got fed up of this and decided to create my own subtitle editor which has the features that I want.
Started with somebody else’s abandoned initial work and was able to get something working fairly quickly. The original was meant to be simply a subtile editor — you could edit the text for the subtitles and that was it …
I wanted to fix subtitles or the timecodes, insert new subtitle lines, delete existing ones, or move lines around. And also, be able to see when there are issues with the original subtitle file.
I think I’ve managed to achieve all of that and for the first time ever, I was able to fix a full subtitle file for a movie without getting frustrated 🙂
So yeah, progress …
#Subtitles #Apple #SwiftUI #Catalyst #Coding #PersonalProjects
For example, one will take a subtitle file which does not quite match the movie and re-arrange the subtitles by rearranging the time to somewhat match the movie. But if there’s an unexpected addition to the video (a left over ad for example) all the subtitle would be quite off. It doesn’t have an option to let me fix things block by block easily nor add missing subtitles to the file.
Another lets me add missing subtitles or edit subtitles easily, but often gets the timecode and/or subtitle number wrong and doesn’t let me modify easily.
In fact, some of the above editors mess up the original subtitle file so much, that it’s hard to use the subtitles afterwards at all 😛
I finally got fed up of this and decided to create my own subtitle editor which has the features that I want.
Started with somebody else’s abandoned initial work and was able to get something working fairly quickly. The original was meant to be simply a subtile editor — you could edit the text for the subtitles and that was it …
I wanted to fix subtitles or the timecodes, insert new subtitle lines, delete existing ones, or move lines around. And also, be able to see when there are issues with the original subtitle file.
I think I’ve managed to achieve all of that and for the first time ever, I was able to fix a full subtitle file for a movie without getting frustrated 🙂
So yeah, progress …
#Subtitles #Apple #SwiftUI #Catalyst #Coding #PersonalProjects
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Part 3 in (what is now a four part series) of posts by Karl Guttag on using Apple VisionPro as a monitor replacement is now out:
https://kguttag.com/2023/08/20/apple-vision-pro-part-5c-more-on-monitor-replacement-is-ridiculous/
This part compares a desktop monitor set up to the Meta Quest Pro and extrapolates the results to guess at what the experience might be on the Apple Vision Pro.
Disclaimer (since it appears that I have to add this to this type of post 😛) — I am not the author of the post in question. I am also not affiliated with Karl in any way.
I do find his opinions useful as a yardstick for figuring out AR/VR related stuff and for making my own mind up.
If you are annoyed because somebody dared to “besmirch” Apple or discuss a product that’s not released yet, please vent somewhere else and not at me 🙂
On the other hand, if you’ve experienced AVP yourself or have experience in the field and have a differing opinion, or even a similar one, I’d be interested to hear about what you think since finding a compact, portable monitor replacement has been a goal of mine for years …
#AppleVisionPro #Apple #Hardware #Analysis #MetaQuestPro #MonitorReplacement
https://kguttag.com/2023/08/20/apple-vision-pro-part-5c-more-on-monitor-replacement-is-ridiculous/
This part compares a desktop monitor set up to the Meta Quest Pro and extrapolates the results to guess at what the experience might be on the Apple Vision Pro.
Disclaimer (since it appears that I have to add this to this type of post 😛) — I am not the author of the post in question. I am also not affiliated with Karl in any way.
I do find his opinions useful as a yardstick for figuring out AR/VR related stuff and for making my own mind up.
If you are annoyed because somebody dared to “besmirch” Apple or discuss a product that’s not released yet, please vent somewhere else and not at me 🙂
On the other hand, if you’ve experienced AVP yourself or have experience in the field and have a differing opinion, or even a similar one, I’d be interested to hear about what you think since finding a compact, portable monitor replacement has been a goal of mine for years …
#AppleVisionPro #Apple #Hardware #Analysis #MetaQuestPro #MonitorReplacement
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“Warrior” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5743796) never dissappoints — storylines don’t go the “obvious” way, people don’t always think the way you would suppose they would, enemies become allies in the most unlikely ways, and nobody is ever totally good or bad …
I love this show because it captures humanity so well while showing us how brutal we all can be, given the right circumstances …
The season finale started out with such a small scene — but it played out totally differently than I thought it would if I’d been in the same place. It showed understanding and empathy where I’d have been full of rage.
And then topped that off in the next few scenes with such a satisfying ending to one of the most annoying and smug characters the show has had this season.
From there on, it just keeps building, building, and building to a bloody climax on top of all the groundwork laid out this season, ending with some interesting open threads which hints at some interesting developments and new power dynamics next season, if there is one.
I hope there’s another season (or two or three), I really do!
#TV #Warrior #BruceLee #Western #Finale #RenewWarrior
I love this show because it captures humanity so well while showing us how brutal we all can be, given the right circumstances …
The season finale started out with such a small scene — but it played out totally differently than I thought it would if I’d been in the same place. It showed understanding and empathy where I’d have been full of rage.
And then topped that off in the next few scenes with such a satisfying ending to one of the most annoying and smug characters the show has had this season.
From there on, it just keeps building, building, and building to a bloody climax on top of all the groundwork laid out this season, ending with some interesting open threads which hints at some interesting developments and new power dynamics next season, if there is one.
I hope there’s another season (or two or three), I really do!
#TV #Warrior #BruceLee #Western #Finale #RenewWarrior
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"The Jengaburu Curse" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27327718) started out looking like an interesting thriller, but by the end devolved into a stupid, brainless story which seems to have been written by kids — and I bet you, kids could probably come up with a better (and more intelligent) plot than this one 😛
The protagonist is a “tribal” who lives and an works in the UK, in fintech no less. But apparently she has no idea of how surveillance works or how you can be tracked … I guess her “tribal” brain just can’t comprehend such “marvels” of modern technology?
I had such high hopes for the show after the first few episodes, but by the end it had turned into a caricature of a show where people just did stupid things because it advanced the “story”, if it can be called that.
#TV #India #Hindi #MiniReview #BadPotBoiler
The protagonist is a “tribal” who lives and an works in the UK, in fintech no less. But apparently she has no idea of how surveillance works or how you can be tracked … I guess her “tribal” brain just can’t comprehend such “marvels” of modern technology?
I had such high hopes for the show after the first few episodes, but by the end it had turned into a caricature of a show where people just did stupid things because it advanced the “story”, if it can be called that.
#TV #India #Hindi #MiniReview #BadPotBoiler
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Indian movies "borrowing”/remaking English and other language movies is fairly standard. But what's even more prevalent is Indian movies in one language being remade in another language 🙂
This is a practice which probably goes back all the way to the beginning of Indian cinema. I certainly remember Tamil movies being remade in Hindi (or vice versa) all the way back to when I was a kid … and that was almost 50 years ago.
In fact, some stars have made a career out of taking a movie which was successful in another Indian region/language and making a hit movie — Jeyam Ravi and Ajay Devgn are names which immediately come to my mind …
Ajay Devgn has starred in the remake of the Tamil Suriya starrer “Singam” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655607) franchise, renamed to “Singham” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1948150) in Hindi 🙂
Even more interestingly, the Hindi “Singham” movies have taken on a life of their own and spawned spin-offs which make up Rohit Shetty’s (the director of the movies) “Cop Universe” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cop_Universe) which has various cops, including Singham, inhabiting a shared universe.
You can find the Tamil version of the first movie on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G-c07uvZik
There are multiple videos claiming to the Hindi movie on YouTube as well but I haven't found one which is actually the movie 🙂 It looks as if most are just re-assembled clips from the movie with an audio commentary — probably because the authors are violating copyright by uploading the movie 😛
I have not seen the Hindi version but my impression was that it was mostly a scene-for-scene remake rather than a re-imagining …
Guess I should find out one of these days?
Also an interesting thing to note about these cross-language remakes is that some actors, such as Prakash Raj (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0695177) who plays the baddie in both “Singam” and “Singham” will reprise their role. Prakash Raj is fairly notable for this BTW since I remember him playing the same role in multiple such remakes …
(I actually wanted to talk about another re-made franchise Ajay Devgn starred in which has been re-made in at least three different Indian languages, but I think that’ll have to wait for another post …)
#Movies #India #Hindi #Tamil #Remakes #Singam #Singham #Suriya #AjayDevgn
This is a practice which probably goes back all the way to the beginning of Indian cinema. I certainly remember Tamil movies being remade in Hindi (or vice versa) all the way back to when I was a kid … and that was almost 50 years ago.
In fact, some stars have made a career out of taking a movie which was successful in another Indian region/language and making a hit movie — Jeyam Ravi and Ajay Devgn are names which immediately come to my mind …
Ajay Devgn has starred in the remake of the Tamil Suriya starrer “Singam” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655607) franchise, renamed to “Singham” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1948150) in Hindi 🙂
Even more interestingly, the Hindi “Singham” movies have taken on a life of their own and spawned spin-offs which make up Rohit Shetty’s (the director of the movies) “Cop Universe” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cop_Universe) which has various cops, including Singham, inhabiting a shared universe.
You can find the Tamil version of the first movie on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G-c07uvZik
There are multiple videos claiming to the Hindi movie on YouTube as well but I haven't found one which is actually the movie 🙂 It looks as if most are just re-assembled clips from the movie with an audio commentary — probably because the authors are violating copyright by uploading the movie 😛
I have not seen the Hindi version but my impression was that it was mostly a scene-for-scene remake rather than a re-imagining …
Guess I should find out one of these days?
Also an interesting thing to note about these cross-language remakes is that some actors, such as Prakash Raj (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0695177) who plays the baddie in both “Singam” and “Singham” will reprise their role. Prakash Raj is fairly notable for this BTW since I remember him playing the same role in multiple such remakes …
(I actually wanted to talk about another re-made franchise Ajay Devgn starred in which has been re-made in at least three different Indian languages, but I think that’ll have to wait for another post …)
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Continuing on with the theme of Indian remakes, “Coming to America” (1988) is an interesting one since I’ve seen at least three sub-continental remakes of the movie — two Indian and one Pakistani 🙂
I’m fairly certain that there are many more movies which lifted elements from the film, but I’m talking of the ones that I distinctly remember from back then as being fairly close to the plot of “Coming to America”.
I don’t recall the name of the Pakistani movie any longer (I think I saw it in ’92 or ’93) but I do remember the Hindi and Tamil versions fairly well.
The Hindi version is “Dil Hi To Hai” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106724) — it had Jackie Shroff and Divya Bharti and I loved at least some of the songs in the movie, if I recall.
You can find “Dil Hi To Hai” on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFPV6SdKjIw
Then, on the Tamil side, you had “My Dear Marthandan” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254593), which starred Prabhu and Kushboo and was trying to cash in on (probably) the Prabhu/Kushboo pairing which was very hot at that time.
“My Dear Marthandan” is on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Pqq_dtsMA
It’s been around 30 years since I’ve seen either movie, I think. I’d love to watch them both again and see if they still hold up or not …
#Movies #Indian #Hindi #Tamil #Remakes #Bollywood #Kollywood
I’m fairly certain that there are many more movies which lifted elements from the film, but I’m talking of the ones that I distinctly remember from back then as being fairly close to the plot of “Coming to America”.
I don’t recall the name of the Pakistani movie any longer (I think I saw it in ’92 or ’93) but I do remember the Hindi and Tamil versions fairly well.
The Hindi version is “Dil Hi To Hai” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106724) — it had Jackie Shroff and Divya Bharti and I loved at least some of the songs in the movie, if I recall.
You can find “Dil Hi To Hai” on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFPV6SdKjIw
Then, on the Tamil side, you had “My Dear Marthandan” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254593), which starred Prabhu and Kushboo and was trying to cash in on (probably) the Prabhu/Kushboo pairing which was very hot at that time.
“My Dear Marthandan” is on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Pqq_dtsMA
It’s been around 30 years since I’ve seen either movie, I think. I’d love to watch them both again and see if they still hold up or not …
#Movies #Indian #Hindi #Tamil #Remakes #Bollywood #Kollywood
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Today I discovered something interesting — YouTube has fairly good versions of Hindi movies from back in the 80s and 90s!
Well, I think I actually discovered this yesterday when I found “Betaab” but I didn’t actually realize this till today when I searched for “EK Ladka Ek Ladki” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291883)
Back in the 90s, Hindi movies blatantly copied Hollywood movies (with no attribution or permission, mind you) and made their own versions. “Ek Ladka Ek Ladki” is one such movie which copies Kurt Russel & Goldie Hawn’s “Overboard” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093693).
This movie is probably responsible for getting me into Hindi movies again and for learning Hindi just so I could watch the movies 🙂
I generally never watch a movie twice (with a few exceptions) but I think I must have watched this one at least 5 times …
Oh yeah, it’s on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSdQeh3WnkU
The last time I looked for “Ek Ladka Ek Ladki” on YouTube, the only copy I could find was a really dark and hard to watch version. So this version is certainly a find for me 🙂
This gives me an idea! Maybe I should look for other movies from the 90s that copied Hollywood movies and post about them every once in a while?
I generally love the Bollywood version to the Hollywood version of these “re-makes”. So it might be interesting to introduce more people to these versions …
#Movies #Bollywood #Hindi #Remakes #MovieHistory
Well, I think I actually discovered this yesterday when I found “Betaab” but I didn’t actually realize this till today when I searched for “EK Ladka Ek Ladki” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291883)
Back in the 90s, Hindi movies blatantly copied Hollywood movies (with no attribution or permission, mind you) and made their own versions. “Ek Ladka Ek Ladki” is one such movie which copies Kurt Russel & Goldie Hawn’s “Overboard” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093693).
This movie is probably responsible for getting me into Hindi movies again and for learning Hindi just so I could watch the movies 🙂
I generally never watch a movie twice (with a few exceptions) but I think I must have watched this one at least 5 times …
Oh yeah, it’s on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSdQeh3WnkU
The last time I looked for “Ek Ladka Ek Ladki” on YouTube, the only copy I could find was a really dark and hard to watch version. So this version is certainly a find for me 🙂
This gives me an idea! Maybe I should look for other movies from the 90s that copied Hollywood movies and post about them every once in a while?
I generally love the Bollywood version to the Hollywood version of these “re-makes”. So it might be interesting to introduce more people to these versions …
#Movies #Bollywood #Hindi #Remakes #MovieHistory
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